{"product_id":"2940176139686","title":"Unmade Movies: Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula: A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the unproduced screenplay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDracula travels to 1930s India in this celebrated unproduced Hammer Horror script, directed by Mark Gatiss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th Century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, one of seven 'unmade movies' available on audio, it is 1934, and young Englishwoman Penny is travelling by train across India in search of her missing sister. En route, she meets sibling artistes Prem and Lakshmi, who have been hired by a Maharajah and his wife, the Rani, to entertain their aristocratic European guest. But evil lurks in the hidden caverns beneath the ancient palace, where the acolytes of a fiendish blood cult await their next human sacrifice...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intended follow-up to \u003ci\u003eScars of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e, this exotic, blood-drenched tale was nearly filmed on location in India in the early '70s, but financing problems meant it was dropped in favour of \u003ci\u003eDracula, AD 1972\u003c\/i\u003e. Rescued from Hammer's vaults, it has been resurrected by Mark Gatiss, and is the first new Hammer Horror Dracula production in 43 years. It stars\u003cb\u003e Anna Madeley \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eAll Creatures Great and Small\u003c\/i\u003e) as Penny, with\u003cb\u003e Nikesh Patel\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eIndian Summers\u003c\/i\u003e) as Prem, \u003cb\u003eAyesha Dharker\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Indian Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e) as Lakshmi and \u003cb\u003eMeera Syal\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGoodness Gracious Me\u003c\/i\u003e) as the Rani. \u003cb\u003eLewis MacLeod \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eDead Ringers\u003c\/i\u003e) channels Christopher Lee as the iconic Count, and \u003cb\u003eMichael Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eStaged\u003c\/i\u003e) narrates. Get ready for a terrifying, edge-of-your-seat encounter as the Prince of Darkness rises from his grave once more...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Anthony Hinds\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Mark Gatiss\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Laurence Bowen and Peter Ettedgui\u003cbr\u003eOriginal music by Blair Mowat\u003cbr\u003eSound design: Wilfredo Acosta\u003cbr\u003eA Dancing Ledge production for BBC Radio 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrator - \u003cb\u003eMichael Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenny - \u003cb\u003eAnna Madeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrem - \u003cb\u003eNikesh Patel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLakshmi - \u003cb\u003eAyesha Dharker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBabu - \u003cb\u003eKulvinder Ghir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rani\/Mrs Mukherjee - \u003cb\u003eMeera Syal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCount Dracula - \u003cb\u003eLewis MacLeod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaharajah\/Inspector - \u003cb\u003eRaj Ghatak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy - \u003cb\u003eNatalie Kimmerling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvil Face - \u003cb\u003eSagar Arya\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 October 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003cbr\u003e(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46452794982641,"sku":"2940176139686","price":9.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940176139686_p0.jpg?v=1777724565","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940176139686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}